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Hidayat Heydarov
Hidayat Heydarov at the 2019 Summer Universiade awarding ceremony
Personal information
Native nameHidayət Heydərov
Born (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 27)
Karaganda, Kazakhstan
OccupationJudoka
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Azerbaijan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2024)
World Champ.Gold (2024)
European Champ.Gold (2017, 2022, 2023,
Gold( 2024)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍73 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Warsaw ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tel Aviv ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships Open
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pristina ‍–‍73 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel Aviv ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Antalya ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Antalya ‍–‍73 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tel Aviv ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bratislava ‍–‍73 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Málaga ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Maribor ‍–‍73 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tallinn ‍–‍60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Athens ‍–‍66 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples Men's team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 31 July 2024

Hidayat "Hido" Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Hidayət Heydərov, born 27 July 1997) is an Azerbaijani judoka in men’s 73 kg. He is a four-time European Judo Champion (2017, 2022–24).[1][2][3] In 2024, he won the Gold Medal in the Olympic Games in Paris, the World Championships in Abu Dhabi and the European Championships in Zagreb.

Biography

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Hidayat Heydarov was born on July 27, 1997, in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.[4] The Heydarov family hails from the village of Alxasava in the Goychay region of Azerbaijan. When Hidayat was three years old, the family moved to Baku. At the age of six, Heydarov's father enrolled him in the judo section of the Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserves No. 13, located near the Neftchilar metro station. His first coach was Tarlan Hasanov, who is still his coach as of 2024.[5][4] One of Heydarov's influences was Elnur Mammadli, 2008 Olympic judo champion who later became Heydarov's coach. Heydarov also named Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor as a hero of his.[6]

In 2012 he won a bronze medal at the Azerbaijan Youth Championship. In 2013 and 2014 became the European champion among youths in weight up to 60 and 66 kg, respectively. In 2013 he won the national championship.[7][5]

In 2014 he entered the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports.

In 2015 in Abu Dhabi he became the world champion among juniors, and a year later in Malaga he became the European champion among juniors, and in Orenburg he won the European Cup.[8][7] In 2017 he took bronze at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. And in the same year he became the European champion in judo in the weight category up to 73 kg, having beaten Musa Mogushkov from Russia in the final. Thus, Heydarov became the only judoka who won all four European titles, and the European Judo Union named him the best young judoka in Europe.[9]

At the 2017 World Championship, which was his debut, Heydarov reached the semifinals, where he lost to Soichi Hashimoto of Japan. Heydarov also lost the bronze-medal match against Odbayar Gandbaatar from Mongolia and took 5th place. In October 2017, he became the winner of the World Youth Championship (U-21) in Zagreb, where he defeated Bilal Çiloğlu from Turkey in the final. In December, Heydarov took part in the World Masters tournament in St. Petersburg, where he won a bronze medal, defeating Odbayar Gandbaatar from Mongolia in the decisive fight, to whom he lost a few months earlier at the World Championship. This was the first World Masters medal in the career of a young judoka.

In 2018 Heydarov won a silver medal at the European Championship and a bronze medal at his home world championship. At the 2019 European Games, he took a bronze medal, defeating European champion Ferdinand Karapetyan from Armenia, to whom he lost at last year's European Championship, and 2012 Olympic champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili from Georgia in repechage matches.[10][11] In addition, Heydarov was also awarded a bronze medal of the European Championship, since this is the status that judo competitions at the European Games in Minsk had. At the 2019 pre-Olympic World Championships, which was held in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal, defeating an opponent from Tajikistan Behruzi Khojazoda in a duel for third place.

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Hidayat Heydarov". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS WARSAW – EVENT". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024. Hidayat Heydarov
  3. ^ "HEYDAROV Hidayat". IJF.org. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Tokio Olimpiadasını "qaralayan" gənc - Portret" [The young man who "blackmailed" the Tokyo Olympics - Portrait]. kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani).
  5. ^ a b "İslam Həmrəyliyi oyunlarında qızıl medala sahib olacağam" [I will have a gold medal in the Islamic Solidarity Games]. muallim.edu.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ "HEYDAROV Hidayat". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Hidayat Heydarov - Judo career". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Удача наших дзюдоистов в Оренбурге" [Good luck to our judoists in Orenburg]. neftchi.org (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Хидаят Гейдаров назван лучшим молодым дзюдоистом Европы" [Hidayat Heydarov was named the best young judoka in Europe]. azerisport.com (in Azerbaijani).
  10. ^ "Photos of the 2019 European Games medalists in the weight category up to 73 kg". JudoInside.
  11. ^ Гейдаров стал автором любопытного достижения
  12. ^ Lloyd, Owen (18 February 2022). "Japanese judoka Horikawa and Tanaka victorious at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2022. In the men's under-73kg class, Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan managed to secure the gold medal following two third-place finishes in Paris and Baku last year.
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